FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1978
FIRST CHEUNG CHAU DEVELOPMENT CONTRACT SIGNED
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THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TODAY SIGNED A CONTRACT WORTH $31.6 MILLION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NORTH WESTERN SHORE OF CHEUNG CHAU.
THE CONTRACT, WHICH INCLUDES THE FORMATION OF ABOUT 12 HECTARES OF LAND, WAS AWARDED TO WAH HING AND CO.
IT WAS FORMALLY SIGNED BY MR. T.S. NG, GOVERNMENT ENGINEER (NEW TERRITORIES) OF THE P.W.D. AND MR. CHUNG CHUEN LAM, MANAGER OF THE COMPANY.
MR. NG SAID THAT THE CONTRACT FORMED THE FIRST STAGE OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHEUNG CHAU.
THE FULL SCHEME, HE ADDED, WOULD INVOLVE THE PROVISION OF PUBLIC HOUSING FOR 5,000 PEOPLE, LAND FOR PRIVATE HOUSING FOR ANOTHER 10,000 PEOPLE AND SITES FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIES.
ALSO PROVIDED WILL BE GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES, SUCH AS SCHOOLS, MARKETS, A SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT, AN INCINERATOR, AN ABATTOIR AND OPEN SPACE.
+OF THE 12 HECTARES OF LAND TO BE FORMED, UNDER THIS CONTRACT, SIX WILL BE RECLAIMED FROM THE SEA AT CHEUNG CHAU WAN, KWAI TSAI WAN AND TAI KWAI WAN+, MR. NG SAID.
+FILLING MATERIALS WILL BE TAKEN FROM A BORROW AREA ON A HILLSIDE NORTH OF TAI KWAI WAN AND FROM THE AREA EAST OF KWA I TSAI WAN WHERE A PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE WILL BE SITUATED.+
HE POINTED OUT THAT TO CONTAIN THE FILLING MATERIALS, 300 METRES OF SEAWALLS AND 1,400 METRES OF RUBBLE REVETMENT WOULD BE BUILT.
A HAUL ROAD, ABOUT ONE KILOMETRE IN LENGTH, WOULD BE BUILT FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF THE FILLING MATERIALS, HE ADDED.
THE CONTRACT ALSO COVERS THE CONSTRUCTION OF THREE KILOMETRES OF PATHWAYS AND PROMENADES. SOME NINE KILOMETRES OF STORM WATER DRAINS AND SEWERS WILL ALSO BE LAID.
MR. NG SAID THAT ON COMPLETION OF THE WORK, SITES WOULD BE PROVIDED AT CHEUNG CHAU WAN AND KWAI TSAI WAN FOR A PUBLIC HOUSING ESTATE FOR ABOUT 2,000 PEOPLE AND FOR VILLAGE TYPE HOUSING AND LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USES.
PART OF THE LAND TO BE FORMED OR RECLAIMED, HE ADDED, WOULD BE USED AS SITES FOR A CENTRAL SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT, AN INCINERATOR, AN ABATTOIR, AND A NEW MARINE FUELLING STATION,
A SYSTEM OF DRAINS FOR STORM WATER AND SEWAGE WILL BE PROVIDED TO SERVE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN CHEUNG CHAU, THIS SYSTEM WILL, IN FUTURE, BE FURTHER EXTENDED.
WORK ON THE CONTRACT WILL COMMENCE AT THE BEGINNING OF NEXT MONTH AND WILL TAKE ABOUT 21 MONTHS TO COMPLETE.
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